Floor-dressing machine.



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To all whom it many cor/worm:

Be it known that it, (3mm ii. t t t'rtttms, a citizen of the United fits-toe r sid st Proyi deuce, in the county of Prov nce mod State of Rhode i sisnd, hot o invested new end. useful impl meet in ii ioorfllreeo mg Me chines, of Win ,t the ioiio'wing ist specificstioo.

'iihis invent/5.11m hes reia-rei'lce to to in provcmeot in floor-(h org me times and more perticoieriy to on improvement to the means for stopping the operetionuoi' the mochine by fitting the dressing-r01 or from the floor.

its floor-(iterating Ins shirts heretofore constructed the shaft of the e site -roller is usuoiiy connected by e flexible eicctric motor, 41 'i the ciressi troiicd through the :e'lotori this coo struction the opcrotor obiigcci to stop the motor when is required to stop the o n tion of the dreesingwolior on tioor i" short time.

m objectof 1112.: int ntion to stop the op J 1 :o of the tire: m; roiter when quireti without stopp tile motor, smi .i so compiisi]. this ooject hy'coostmcting e floorttrcssing mechine with means for lifting the in EiTU'flfUiiGt from the floor vvhen the hondie of t is machine Flo Ti end to bring the dressing rolier into (Qfitgfllnfillil with. the floor when the hendtcis raised. by the opereton into the position for opemtmg the me- My invention Jit'i time "pemiiisr and nove construction oi t. flow-stressing ms" chime hm cross-hers extending through the items o. the machine riser the dressing roiicr to engsgo with the floor Itilti sot es s fulcrum to iii't the circssitgaroiier from time floor when required by depressing the tremolo of the machine, es will be more fully set forth hereinafter t Figure 1 is e front View oii my improved tioocdressing' machine, showing the n'lochiteconnected to on electric motor by s shaft with universal joints; end Fig at side View of the floowiressing machine, stowin the machine in its operative positioi it to lines and in its inoperative Fositiori i th the dressing-roller raised from t is floor in broken lines. t In the drawiil "s, t; represents en electric motor, and b the cor-dressing mschme. The motor a derives its power from s source of electric energy through the wires in the iiexi the tie ethic connected with the motor, and it supported on the cestors (t pivoteily secured in the bmckets o a so that tile motor may to readily moved on the floor. 0n the on (i of the ermotureshstt a is the mivers'al joint a, connecting- With time The i oor--dressi1og machine consists of the frame t, having the owns 2: as with the bearings 6'? t the Tehepe handle 5 the cross hers I) it, carried through the frame 6 on equal distance on. each side end secured in frame in any Well-known Wo and the ciressingq'oilor I), secured. on the shaft 11 in the ireorings 85 t .1c dressing-roller 1) consists of s cylindrical body cred with s sheet of ebmsive material, such as stmipoper, end, derivint, its power from the motor a tiirough tile simft a and the uni verso joints a" and a, is revolved on the floor st t high rate of speed, While the operator moves it on the iioo by the handle 6%. on it is required to stop the o erstion of the Citessii1gr'o.!ier on. the floor, t. e operator deirosses the hendis t. The ends of the crossiicrs t b engege with the floor end eating as s fulcrum the dressin roller 1' s lifted from the floor, as shown in troien lines in Fig. 2;

By the use of my imyoroyed fioor-dressing machine the operation of dressing e floor is simplified end the operation of the dressin roller on the floor is stopped when desired without stopping; the motor.

it is evident thtjt eny kind of e motor iticrsibie shett connecting the motor tioocdrcssieg rrmchine materially .tion.

- Having thus described claim as new and desire to Pstent-- In t floot ciressing roller covered. Withen abrasive or msterisl rototebly mounted in a frame hav ing two arms for sup orting the roller; 9, motor connected to the ressingq'oller his shaft to rotate thedressirlg rollcr a hen die to-the frsme end cross-bars in the frame, intermediate the dressing-collar end die, acting as e fulcrum on the floor to lift the dressing-roilot by cicpressin the handle end stop the operation of the cii'essings'oiler on thstioor Without stojtping the motor, as d'e scribcd y M v r to e tioor' dressisg moci'lme,

shaft a", which shett otthe of my invens my mventlon, I, secure by Letters machine, a dressiog pohslung the ham the Gambia of metal c0v- 4 lot nation with & mot or and a flexible shaft, of

the fmme I) having the arms 5 b with the bearings b 17 the T-shapv handle b", the

cross-bars b b and the dressing-roller b s0- cured on theshaft b cunnecte i to the flexible shaft and rotating ir til bearings b b, ail for the purpose as described. 

